Example sentences of "back [prep] those [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 It is a mark of the extraordinary faithfulness of St. Mark to the historical situation of the life of Jesus that he does not read back into those days the experience of the Spirit to which he and his friends were used in the post-resurrection era .
2 Travel back into those mists of time and you will meet many who have gone before and who also may have experienced these sudden sea frets , for that is what these mists are .
3 Back in those hours I had remained a long time outside the door of North One , being filled by a sorrow so complete it overflowed , and I covered my ears not to hear any more .
4 If a Government who embraced the social charter were returned from the Opposition parties , would we not soon be back in those waters and simply become an industrial desert ?
5 But we should be able to achieve that without cutting back in those regions where needs , though still real enough , are rather less acute . ’
6 — I would know then , once back in those days before everything changed , that my power is of little weight and not worth using .
7 I was told , back in those days , that he had built a working steam model of the locomotive to go with the coaches , but this must have left the district some years earlier , as my father never saw it , and never met John Griffiths , though he knew of Ernest from about 1910 , having started his articles in that office .
8 I look back on those emotions with wry amusement but also with a certain amount of self-respect .
9 The more successful the shops became , the more the branch managers reported back on those lines which sold well , thereby wielding a power which Laura did not at first wish to accept .
10 Looking back on those years between the two wars , and knowing Sam as I did , I am convinced that , had my parents landed in America , as intended , then he would have been in the prohibition racket , without any doubts .
11 When I look back on those days now , I think how perfectly harmless it all was by comparison with today 's pornography .
12 I often think back on those days ; they seemed so halcyon , but I do n't regret their passing , for the days now are sweeter , even if so many must be spent apart .
13 On the subject of my aunts , I must share with you something which still makes me smile when I think back on those days of yore , which were for us children — halcyon days .
14 Diana now looks back on those days at Coleherne Court as the happiest time of her life .
15 I I I think erm a lot of teachers would now look back on those days with er a certain fondness now bearing in mind what 's what 's happened since and the the the succession of education secretaries we 've had since since then I mean had the only one in recent years who I would say has attempted a genuine dialogue with the teachers and tried to do something constructive is John McGregor .
16 The Serbian representative on the Collective State Presidency , Borisav Jovic , said that the army should pull back to those areas where it was acknowledged as " defending its own " .
17 You also need to develop a persuasive line of argument and we 'll come back to those things later on .
18 We also yes I must remind you that we have read the papers so I do n't necessarily want to go through it word by word line by line er but obviously when you want to make a point you will refer back to those papers but do n't you must assume that we have read them and that everybody else has read them .
19 The Selby approach seems to me to be er look at the land that is allocated which amounts to approximately a hundred hectares in the district and discount a great deal of it because it 's constrained in some way or another , and I 'll come back to those constraints later .
20 When he thought back to those years in the Army , and the year immediately afterwards , it seemed to Jackson that he and Ross had scarcely been out of one another 's company .
21 Grahame begins the prologue of The Golden Age with the wistful phrase , ‘ Looking back to those days of old , ere the gate shut behind me …
22 Do we want to step back to those days as eastern Europe steps forward ?
23 Even those of us who are keen to return the residents to London can not turn the clock back to those days , but I recommend Tower House to someone who would like to see Malmesbury go more gently into the future .
24 Because erm even going back to those days it was the bright ones that were pushed forward and the the sort of dog take the hinder most sort of thing you know .
25 Thinking back to those days , I realize how different I should be today had I grown up in the suburban house in London , suggested to my mother .
26 Do you think that perhaps this is going to be difficult and , if we do n't get back to those levels , then presumably you have to encourage local British people to , to make up the leeway so speak , because if you do n't it means hotels , restaurants , all kinds of businesses , could be in difficulty .
27 Erm but if you 're dealing with issues about human relationship then they 're very very important , very powerful and er they they can make a huge difference familiarity , sensitivity in the use of this kind of can be very important Okay , we 'll come back to that cos I w when we come when we 're actually looking at improving communication we 'll come back to those issues .
28 Why should the House take seriously any patients charter that does not give back to those patients the right to choose their hospital — a right that they had until the Government took it away ?
29 I sat in an armchair with a copy of Punch and pretended to read it , but my eyes kept going back to those lips and that tiny corner of pink tongue and I was in a turmoil .
30 My mind flashed back to those nights in Marcus Small Ward .
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